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Asilidae
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight. Overview The Asilidae are a family in the order Diptera, the true flies. The common name for members of the family is the robber flies. The Asilidae are cosmopolitan, with over 7000 described species. Latreille was the authority for establishing the family in 1802. The Asilidae, together with Bombyliidae and Therevidae, are the most representative families of the superfamily of Asiloidea and they form one of the most characteristic groups of the lower Brachycera. Robber flies have stout, spiny legs and three simple eyes (ocelli) in a characteristic depression on the tops of their head between their two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomosia
''Atomosia'' is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 60 described species in ''Atomosia''. Species These 61 species belong to the genus ''Atomosia'': * ''Atomosia affinis'' Macquart, 1850 * ''Atomosia anacaona'' Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 * ''Atomosia andrenoides'' Bromley, 1934 * ''Atomosia anonyma'' Williston, 1901 * ''Atomosia appendiculata'' Macquart, 1846 * ''Atomosia argyrophora'' Schiner, 1868 * ''Atomosia arkansensis'' Barnes, 2008 * ''Atomosia armata'' Hermann, 1912 * ''Atomosia barbiellinii'' Curran, 1935 * ''Atomosia beckeri'' Jaennicke, 1867 * ''Atomosia bequaerti'' Bromley, 1934 * ''Atomosia bigoti'' Bellardi, 1861 * ''Atomosia brevicornis'' Macquart, 1838 * ''Atomosia cerverai'' Bromley, 1929 * ''Atomosia ciguaya'' Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 * ''Atomosia coxalis'' Curran, 1930 * ''Atomosia cyanescens'' Rondani, 1848 * ''Atomosia danforthi'' Curran, 1935 * ''Atomosia echemon'' (Walker, 1849) * ''Atomosia fredericom'' Carrera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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